Mr. de Valera Vetoes Terrorism as Means For Uniting Ireland Dublin, Feb. 8.
Mr. Eamon de Valera, Prime Minis: ter of Fire, has announced to the Senate that the Minister for Justice, Mr. Patrick J. Ruttledge, will introduce Bills in the Dail today which will provide the powers necessary for the Government to maintain its position and authority.
Far-reaching p it is under. deal with Public red a danger and Britain was responsible for the partition and should use her efforts to have it removed, he added. Mr. de Valera believed that the British Government would be glad to sce partition ended.
He would not, declared- Mr. de Valera, give up ideal of an Irish Ireland for a United Ireland. He stood for the Irish language first and it was highly important that it shoulá be preserved.
In concluding his speech, Mr. de Valera made a reference to the possible efforts to usurp the authority of the Government. This was taken as a reference to the proclamation issued last December by the "Irish Republican Army."
The Government, he said, would enforce the law and govern at all costs.—Reuter.
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